Stefanita T. Macau, 27 and Teodora A. Paslan, 32, both of whom had unknown addresses, were arrested in Hicksville Monday and charged with grand larceny, police said, adding that the scam included using the information derived from the cards to remove money from the victims' bank accounts.

The arrests came as part of a joint operation with Citibank, the Crimes Against Property Squad, Eighth Squad detectives and Garden City Police.

The suspects were being held overnight in a police lockup and are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of forgery devices in First District Court in Hempstead.

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